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River Flood Warning 48, NWS Northern Indiana

August 14, 2026Wells County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this river flood warning at Aug 14, 2026, 10:29 AM EDT for Wells County, Indiana. It took effect at Aug 14, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 14, 2026, 10:29 AM EDT (14:29 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 14, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Aug 19, 2026, 8:41 AM EDT
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Wells County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Wabash River at Bluffton (BLFI3). The gauge peaked at 11.33 ft at Aug 16, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
7 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
14 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03323000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 11:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXGrant39 min
Aug 14, 12:47 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryIWXCass, Fulton, Pulaski, White5 hr
Aug 14, 2:04 PM EDTFlood WatchIWXAdams, Blackford, Cass, Fulton, Grant, Huntington and 7 more43 hr
Aug 14, 4:54 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningIWXAdams, Allen42 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.